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28 • February 15-28, 2019 Features THETRUCKER.COM T b Stoen from page 27 b the ones who go flying by end up in the ditch. He said people seemed to miss less work back in the day. “I would work half sick,” he said, whereas now, “these younger guys get a cold or headache, they call and don’t come in. … People get headaches a lot. I don’t know what a headache is.” As a truck driver Stoen never got in a hurry and if somebody wanted to get in front of him, he let them. “I don’t get too upset about anything; I take it as it comes,” he said. “It doesn’t bother me like it does some people.” If someone on the road gets angry it doesn’t faze him. “I figure it’s their problem,” he said. “Years ago, if someone called me names, it went in one ear and out the other. I’ve been that way my whole life.” Even with all his safe miles, Stoen was a little surprised to get MTA’s most prestigious award. OWNER OPERATORS! 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Stoen had received MTA’s September Driver of the Month, and figured he would be mentioned for that award in passing. “When they called out driver of the year and said my name, I was surprised,” Stoen said. He received a $500 check, a trophy, and said Marcia “got the biggest bouquet of flowers she’s ever gotten in her life.” Now he aims to finally see the Grand Canyon and this summer they will no doubt go fishing a lot. Stoen he knows he will miss driving a truck, seeing the scenery and meeting lots of different people. “I made a lot of friends” on the road, he said, “but at my age, most of my friends are deceased. This past year I went to six funerals and got in one wedding. “I live day by day and I thank God every morning that I’ve got another day.” 8 Driver Retention Program First year $3,500 2nd $5000 3rd $7000 b Bend from page 27 b as a car. In fact, the tail folds into the back of the vehicle when it’s being driven on the road. That’s not quite as compact as George Jetson’s flying car, which stowed itself in a briefcase, but that’s showbiz. “The Switchblade is a three-wheel, streetlegal vehicle that you drive from your garage to a nearby local airport,” says the release, adding that since the Switchblade is a “highperformance vehicle in both modes, [that] sets it apart from other entrants into the race to build the first practical flying car.” “The folding tail creates an image like the Transformers, the Batmobile and James Bond all rolled into one,” says Switchblade designer Sam Bousfield. Bousfield’s company, Samson Sky, has its own engineers, design staff and fabricators and they’ve been working on the project for about 10 years. According to a video clip on the company’s website, Bousfield, a pilot and inventor, says the reservation list for the vehicle has reached 900, with reservation holders in 30 countries and 47 of the 50 U.S. states. Since sketching flying cars as a 5-year-old THE ASSOCIATES PRESS CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeff Gordon’s immense influence on NASCAR was highlighted during a star-packed Hall of Fame induction ceremony befitting a driver who changed the trajectory of an entire sport. Gordon was the top vote-getter in the 10th class of the Hall of Fame, which included the late drivers Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki, as well as team owners Roger Penske and Jack Roush. Gordon received 96 percent of the vote, falling just short of the Hall of Fame’s first unanimous selection, in his first year of eligibility. This class was the first in which all five inductees competed against one another at the same time. Gordon made his Cup debut in the 1992 season finale, won by Kulwicki in part because Allison wrecked early. The stage was set for three new drivers to star in NASCAR and challenge Dale Earnhardt’s long reign of NASCAR dominance. The following year, a pair of aviation accidents in a span of 102 days altered NAS- CAR permanently. child, Bousfield says he always thought a flying car would be “a cool thing.” The vehicle is designed for existing pilots and aviation enthusiasts and is billed as the world’s first flying “sports car.” Bousfield, who formerly worked for Boeing designing a propeller plane that would break the sound barrier, says his dream was to make a flying sports car that’s “truly useful” to people who want to get from Point A to Point B safely and in record time. The company estimates that a 3½-hour trip by automobile would take as little as 45 minutes in the air in the Switchblade, which is made out of carbon fiber. The company’s website doesn’t mention how much this flying car will cost but says that people can reserve them with no money down. It also doesn’t mention if the craft has been cleared by the powers that be to fly in and out of airports, etc. For example, would it cause a ruckus like drones have? But according to Bousfield, early adopters of the craft include NASA and Boeing engineers and airline captains, “along with retirees wanting to maximize their recreational time.” Doh! Those darn three-wheelers. God bless and be safe out there. 8 Jeff Gordon’s influence on NASCAR honored at star-packed Hall of Fame induction ceremony Find us on Facebook search: The Trucker Kulwicki died in an April 1 plane crash returning to Bristol Motor Speedway from a sponsor appearance. Allison died July 12 when he crashed the helicopter he was piloting in the infield at Talladega Superspeedway, where he’d gone with Red Farmer to watch Neil Bonnett’s son test for his Busch Series debut. Gordon had a quiet rookie year while Earnhardt went on to his sixth championship and added his seventh title the next season. Gordon eventually took Allison’s role as Earnhardt’s nemesis by dethroning him in 1995. Gordon won four titles over seven seasons. Earnhardt never won another. Gordon spoke at length of how good timing and lucky breaks aided his career, particularly when he was hired by Rick Hendrick to move to the Cup series in 1992. “All the hard work, seizing the moment as often as possible in every good car I had a chance to drive, introducing myself to anyone I could, hoping and wishing that the right person or car owner saw enough in me to take a chance — and Rick Hendrick was that individual,” Gordon said. 8
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